verity

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But this I know for a verity--that there is not one word of truth in the tale from beginning to end; and it will appear so presently, no doubt.

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  1. noun The quality or condition of being true, factual, or real.
  2. noun Something, such as a statement, principle, or belief, that is true, especially an enduring truth: "The mind once suddenly aware of a verity for the first time immediately invents it again” (Agnes Sligh Turnbull). See Synonyms at truth.

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  • He succeeded in convincing at least one man of its verity, and that man was himself, and thus immortality was given to the town of Salem, which, otherwise, would have no claim on us for remembrance, save that Hawthorne was once a clerk in its custom-house. —  Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3
  • The verity is the smoking dieters trade their range small for a grab bag of potentially wicked vigor troubles, not the slightest of which is that their bodies NEED FOOD! —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • In verity, the basis of this kind of diet can be dated back from 1930. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Check out the scopes. com link, they give some tentative support for its verity -- i.e. that a newspaper is following up on it and has contact with a couple of other people who were there. —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • If he establishes this verity, the rest will follow La Fontaine. —  Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection
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rightness ·  rectitude ·  authenticity ·  soundness ·  veracity ·  validity ·  tenet ·  sonship ·  permanence ·  certainty ·  blessedness ·  axiom

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English verite, truth, from Old French, from Latin vēritās, from vērus, true; see wērə-o- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also veritie, verytee; from Middle English verite, from Old French verite, French vérité = Spanish verdad = Portuguese verdade = Italian verità, from Latin verita(t-)s, truth, truthfulness, from verus, true: see very.
 

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